Aurelien Jarno a écrit : > Wookey a écrit : >> On 2007-05-08 12:05 +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> The ARM port is getting bad [1], the percentage of packages built >>> staying a bit more than 90% for 2 weeks. Also this is confirmed by a >>> message on #debian-arm this morning: >>> >>> 09:30 < doko> please could somebody care about the python2.4, python2.5, >>> binutils, gcc-4.1 and gcj-4.1 builds for arm? for gcj-4.1, please see >>> the instructions posted on debian-ports/debian-gcc >>> >>> gcj-4.1 has to be bootstrapped manually (after python is installable >>> again), but all other packages have not been built on ARM. They are >>> blocked by python being uninstallable, but python2.4 is on position 115! >>> in the list of packages to build. >>> >>> The problems mainly comes from the build daemons. Only *3 out of 7* are >>> building packages, and one of the three is also building stable-security >>> from time to time. >>> >>> Here are the states and reasons I have been able to found on the web and >>> on IRC: >>> - grieg: up, building packages >>> - cats: up, building packages >>> - tofee: up, building packages, sometimes stable-security. >>> - smackdown: down, waiting for a 2.6 kernel >>> - elara: down, waiting for bug#421037 >>> - europa: down, waiting for bug#421037 >>> - netwinder: down, waiting for bug#421037, but seems to be unaffected >>> by this bug >>> >>> Note that the bug#421037 may be due to a too old kernel, but the glibc >>> maintainers are lacking information. >> I tried to reproduce this on my netwinder but it simply didn't happen >> here. >> >>> The situation is lasting for some time now, and I see no sign that it >>> will change soon. If the person in charge of the ARM build daemons is >>> short on time (which I can understand, life is life), why not delegate a >>> person to fix this problem? >> I would love to see Aurelien added to the arm buildd team - he has >> shown significant activity and interest in this over the last year, >> and clearly knows what is going on. >> >>> Also the build power has always been tight on this architecture, so even >>> if they are all restarted today, it would take weeks to get back to a >>> normal state. >>> >>> I think it is time to changes things. Our faster build daemons have a >>> 233MHz CPU with 256MB of RAM, while there are way faster ARM CPU today. >>> >>> Quoting our new DPL's platform: >>> >>> "So we still have that money, and I would like to use it at least to >>> fix our broken hardware." >>> >>> What about buying new ARM hardware with that money? >> I'm not sure money is the issue - it appears to be DSA set-up time. >> New hardware has been offered, many months ago, and is there, ready, >> online, but (so far as I can tell) it has not been brought into use by >> the people with the power to do it (DSA and arm build-admin). >> >> http://lists.debian.org/debian-arm/2006/11/msg00008.html >> >> I don't know who is waiting for what, at this stage. There was some >> activity on this in mid-Feb when Elmo and Bill exchanged mail via me, >> after discovering that elmo's mail to bill was getting eaten somewhere >> along the way (which obviously doesn't help). They arranged to meet on >> IRC to get things sorted out. > > That's why I proposed to replace the current machines by new ones. The > local admin can just take the old disk (or copy the system if the disk > format is different) and install a kernel for the new subarch. That does > not change the IP, the account, the SSH keys, etc., so there is nothing > to ask to DSA or whoever. > >> I can also offer a reasonably fast build machine, but there didn't >> seem much point until Bills was put into use. >> >> So, yes - lets get fatrer hardware - it is now available, but until we >> can work out why we have been unable to bring hedges into use in >> nearly 6 months, and fix that problem, then money for hardware will >> not help. >> >> Bill, elmo - what happened after emails in feb? What are we waiting >> for now? Can anyone on this list help? >> > > If elmo is too busy (something that happens to everybody and that I > understand, life is life), why can't this be done by somebody else? > Don't say me elmo is not the only person able to setup a build daemon. > ^^^ just remove the not :)
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